OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Vaccinium. 



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Dicks, h. /.-2s. hot. 598-jFA dan. ±0-Kxipb. 9~Dod. 7JQ. 1- 

 Ger. em. 1415, 2~Park. 145t). 4-/. 5. i. a. 522. 



Is seldom found in blossom. Curt. Stems obliquely ascend- 

 ing, scarcely a span high, cylindrical. Leaves alternate. Berries 

 red. Linn. Leaves with deep veins above, which are equally 

 prominent underneath : some much smaller leaves intermixed 

 with the rest. Woodward. Leaves sometimes obscurely ser- 

 rated towards the end. Stokes. Floral-leaves and cups coloured. 

 Filaments very white, woolly. Anthers red, of 2 cells, each 

 with a yellowish tube at the point. Moss, pale pink. 



Red Whortle-lerries. Mountainous parts of Derbyshire, Stafl 



fordshire, and Yorkshire. Ray. Dry places in heaths, woods, 

 and tops of mountains. Lightf. and marshy heaths. Huds. 

 [Top of Skiddaw and Ingleborough. Mr. Woodw. Cannock 

 Heath, Staffordshire, in a dry gravel. Dr. Stokes. Stiperstones, 

 near Salop. Mr. Aikin. Near Witton-lc-Wear. Mr. Robson.] 



S. March, April.* 



V. Fruit-stalks single, or in pairs : leaves egg-shaped, very Oxycoc'cos* 



entire, edges rolled back : stem thread-shaped, trail- 

 ing, not hairy. 



Dicks, h. s.-Fl. dan. 80-jE. hot. Z\$~Black<w. 5Q3-Lob.obs. 

 547- 3-J. B. i. a. 227. 2-Dod. 77O, 2-Ger. em. 141J)- 

 Park. 1229~Ger. l$6j. 



Stamens sometimes 10. Mr. Gouch. Fl. leaves 2. Linn. 



Fruit-stalks red, semi-transparent, single or in pairs, 1 flower on 

 each. Calyx smooth, fringed at the points, coloured. Bloss* 4« 

 distinct petals, rolled back to the base and falling off separate. 

 Anthers 2-celled, each ending in a hair-like tube open at the end- 

 Style red, tubular. Summit an open hole. Bloss. deepflesh-colour. 

 Berry pale red, mottled with purple cl ts ; when fully ripe pur- 

 plish red. Schollera Oxycoccos. Gmsl. Syst. veg. In structure 

 certainly different from the other Vacciniums, but as the Schol- 

 lera of Gmelin seems different from the genus so named by 

 Schreber, it was judged better for the present to let it remain 

 with the Vacciniums, 



Cran-berries. Moss-berries. Moor-berries. Fen-berries. Marsh 

 Whorts. Marsh Whortle-berries Corn-berries. Peaty bogs. [In 



the North, frequent. Mr. Woodward.— Dersingham Moor, 

 Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. — Sutton Coldfield Park, Warwickshire. 



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* The berries are acid, and not very grateful, but they are eaten by the 

 Laplanders and by the country people, and are sent in large quantities 

 from W. Bothnia to Stockholm for pickling. Linn. They areal>o made 

 into tarts, rob, and Jelly. Goats eat it j cows, sheep, and horses re- 

 fuse it. 





